a woman, her daughter, and a great wide world

toddler’s book of life lessons, item four

the morning began with a bang, literally: as part of her early morning on-the-bed-roll-and-flop routine, A__ rolled and flopped right off the bed…again.

half an hour later, she launched herself off of a kitchen chair and face planted in the middle of the floor. she’s got a nice strawberry on her left cheek.

about an hour later, she tripped on the drive-way and face planted on the concrete. she’s got a scraped up lump above her left eye.

later that afternoon, she stole the container of cherry tomatoes out of the fridge. while showing it to her dad, her finger got caught in one of the holes in the bottom as he tried to take it from her. it took several screams before we figured out why she was screaming.

the life lesson: you will fall down. a lot. your fingers will get caught in things. a lot. you will yell in sorrow and pain but sometimes you won’t get immediate help because grown-ups can be stupid. and you will survive all this and live to dance through another day.